Welcome to the Digital Scholarship Seminar: Joining the National Digital Humanities Conversation: Communities, Conferences, Centers • Please run the Audio Setup wizard found on your tools menu. – Tools > Audio > Audio Setup Wizard • Introduce yourself in the Chat Box
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Joining the National Digital Humanities Conversation: Communities, Conferences, Centers
This session is designed for scholars, broadly conceived, who are interested in joining the national (and international) conversation on the digital humanities. In particular, the organizers hope to provide a forum specifically targeted to those who might not have digital humanities resources on their own campuses or in their own regions, and those who might not have a sense of where to get started learning about the people and practices associated with the digital humanities. Recognizing that the digital humanities has a long history of practice, the panelists will introduce participants to a variety of online communities in which the digital humanities are discussed, conferences where one might be exposed to relevant conversations, and centers that focus on developing familiarity and fluency with digital humanities tools.
Jentery Sayers, an advanced doctoral candidate at the University of Washington, will talk about the role of digital humanities development opportunities, focusing on the Digital Humanities Summer Institute at the University of Victoria as a case study. Dave Lester, the Associate Director of the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities, will be talking about getting started with digital humanities conferences, focusing on THATCamps as places for DH newbies to dip their toes into the field. Jason Jones, an associate professor of English at Central Connecticut State University, will discuss electronic DH communities, focusing specifically on ProfHacker and DHAnswers as sites that bring together communities of practice tackling specific issues.
This Digital Scholarship seminar will be facilitated by Ryan Cordell, Assistant Professor of English at St. Norbert College, and Daniel Chamberlain, Director of the Center for Digital Learning and Research at Occidental College.
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Welcome to the Digital Scholarship Seminar:
Joining the National Digital Humanities Conversation:
Communities, Conferences, Centers
• Please run the Audio Setup wizard found on your tools menu.– Tools > Audio > Audio Setup Wizard
• Introduce yourself in the Chat Box
1. Fellow participants
2. Raise your hand
3. Emoticons
4. Polling
5. Chat
6. Audio• Audio set-up wizard on the tools menu:
Tools > Audio > Audio Set-up Wizard
How to Participate
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For technical problems please contact Rebecca Davis, NITLE, by private chat, email ([email protected]), or phone (512.863.1734 or 512.864.5664).
This session is being recorded; the video will be available on the NITLE website.
Dave Lester, Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH)Presented 3/25/2011, NITLE Digital Scholarship Seminar
(and other DH conferences)
THATCamp is..• a free, open
“unconference” where humanists and technologists meet
• a self-identifying community that’s active on Twitter (#thatcamp)
• fun, productive, collegial
what campers have said
founded at George Mason University
THATCamp events• Regional: Victoria, Saigon, Great Lakes,
Jersey Shore, Florence, Texas, New York, Cyprus, Florida, Chicago, Bay Area, Paris, Southern California, Austin
• Topic or Community-Focused: Liberal Arts Colleges, Museum Computer Network
unconference scheduling
informal
non-hierarchical and open
lightning talks aka “dork shorts”
• brief presentations, often during lunch and lasting only a few minutes that allow campers to give a pitch for a project, idea, or question
bootcamps
• introductory workshops in various digital skills that take place at a THATCamp.
• We think newbies and experts alike will benefit from cultivating “beginner’s mind” in these workshops, but believe it’s especially beneficial for “analog” scholars and museum professionals to learn alongside passionate and expert technologists.
bootcamp fellowships• Awarded in the amount of $500 (USD), participants begin acquiring
digital skills at THATCamp• Faculty in the humanities and art professionals are eligible to apply
for fellowships, along with grad students, postgraduate fellows in Arts and Humanities as well as Museum Studies
THATCamp covers all of DH
• participants that are humanities scholars, librarians, archivists, museum professionals, software developers
• session topics ranging from text mining, libraries and web 2.0, mobile, publishing, digital storytelling, library and university collaboration, annotation, crowdsourcing, teaching online
with contributions from Ray Siemens and Cara Leitch
University of Victoria
NITLE Digital Scholarship SeminarMarch 25, 2011
DHSI History & Method
• Annual event since 2004• One week in June at the University of Victoria, BC• Participants help shape curriculum, speaker and instructor
selection, and how the institute is organized• Development driven by participant feedback• Accreditation model (certificate for completion) • Tuition scholarships offered• Known for its relaxed atmosphere• DH summer camp: social event meets vocational training
meets conference meets unconference
@jenterysayers
Forms of DH Curricula
@jenterysayers
DHSI in a "Sweet Spot"
@jenterysayers
2011 DHSI Courses
Fundamentals: (1) Text Encoding (2) Digitisation
Tools & Methods: (1) XLST, (2) Multimedia Design, (3) SEASR in Action: Data Analytics, (4) Geographical Information Systems, and (5) Data Discovery, Management, and Presentation
Seminars & Consultations: (1) Large Project Planning and Management, (2) Digital Editions, and (3) Out-of-the-Box Text Analysis
@jenterysayers
2011 DHSI Events
Graduate Colloquium: opportunity for students to share work (e.g., ten-minute talks) with a friendly audience, who can learn about new developments in DH
THATCamp Victoria: DHSI's first (at conclusion of the week, with at least 50 participants anticipated)
Keynote: Matthew Kirschenbaum (University of Maryland)
@jenterysayers
Value of DHSI
• Has been called the "gold standard of digital humanities training events"
• Instructors and speakers are leaders in their field• Learning doesn't stop at 4:00 p.m.: there are opportunities for
people to keep talking and collaborating after class meetings• Participants are major strength: smart, driven people with a
desire to learn and share what they know• Track record helps maintain and recruit sponsors (UVic
Libraries, UBC Libraries, U of Guelph, EMiC, INKE, Texas A&M, Acadia U, SFU Libraries), who choose DHSI to train their researchers
@jenterysayers
Why DHSI for Beginners
• Get a rich sense of the "big tent," including how DH is practiced differently and why
• One-week course: great, low-risk way to become familiar with unfamiliar methods / content
• Extremely well-organized (the social events, the courses, the colloquium, and the talks included)
• You will learn plenty to communicate and teach to those at your home institution or organization.
• Rich sense of community, with plenty of return participants• You won't be the only beginner. Many come to get their feet